re: LSu Strengh of Schedule

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Why doesn’t it count if we beat a ranked team if they were ranked when we beat them?

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Who said it doesn't count?

I was just showing a break down of how it works when you use currently ranked teams (as most of the CPU polls do in evaluating SOS).

Unfortunately for college football, I don't get an actual say in the BCS.

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College football is built on emotions.

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Irrelevant.

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When we played them they were ranked as if they were ranked and the media ranked them.

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And now, based on their body of work, some teams are not. This works both ways. We get credit for beating a ranked Mississippi State team now even though they weren't ranked when we played them.

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That makes 5 ranked teams and more than anyone else this year.

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By your criteria, we drop Mississippi State and only have four on the schedule.